Left-field manager who replicated Ange Postecoglou's success in Australia emerges as hot candidate for SPFL job
MARK JACKSON has emerged as a shock candidate for the Motherwell job.
SunSport can reveal the boss of A-League side Central Coast Mariners is among names being considered to succeed Michael Wimmer.
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Ange Postecoglou and Matt McKay in Brisbane Roar's Double-winning season
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Leeds-born Jackson, a former defender who mainly played in England's lower leagues, has spent the past three years Down Under after previously bossing MK Dons.
He has won an A-League Premiership and Championship as well as the Asian Champions League Two title.
In the 2023-24 season Jackson and the Mariners won a Double, emulating ex-Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou who achieved the feat with Brisbane Road in 2010-11.
Jackson, 47, honed his coaching talents working at Leeds United, where he came through the ranks as a player.
After starting out as the Elland Road club's Under-15s boss he quickly moved his way up the ranks.
He had experience working under Marcelo Bielsa before being promoted to first team coach by successor Jesse Marsch.
Jackson was appointed MK Dons boss in December 2022 with the side sitting 22nd in League One but was sacked just six months later when they were relegated.
Well have been searching for a new manager since German Wimmer stunned the club by quitting last month after just 12 games in charge.
He claimed his reason for leaving was down to family matters before being appointed as boss of SSV Jahn Regensburg in his homeland.
The likes of Tony Docherty and Robbie Neilson have also been linked with the Fir Park vacancy.
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